| [GMCnet] Look what dumb ass did [message #297425] |
Tue, 15 March 2016 18:02  |
glwgmc
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Ouch, Rob! So sorry you have to go through this trauma. For years the power tool industry has turned a blind eye to the very real dangers posed by rotary power saws (AKA table saws). The lack of a riving knife to prevent the rear of the blade from contacting the rear edge of the blade causes serious injuries from what is called kickback. In fact, a narrow cutoff piece that impacts the rear of the blade can be thrown back against the operator at a speed surpassing that of a cross bow bolt. The lack of a top blade cover, or one so inconvenient to use that most users remove them, can cause serious finger damage in the blink,of an eye. The lack of a sliding table forces the operator to push the workpiece past the rapidly rotating sharp blade via ones very vulnerable pinkies. But, worst of all, reliable technology exists that will stop the blade when it does encounter flesh so quickly that little if any damage to the operator occurs. Why hasn't the industry embraced these finger saving technologies? Because to do so might expose them to liability for the very dangerous designs they have been foisting off on the North American market for decades. Long ago the European market banned such designs and mandated sliding tables, riving knives and convenient blade guards that are nearly always in place. They are rapidly embracing the instant stop technology as well. My hope is your finger will heal quickly without undo pain for you.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
http://jerrywork.com
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| Re: [GMCnet] Look what dumb ass did [message #297447 is a reply to message #297425] |
Wed, 16 March 2016 08:30  |
jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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I just looked at '5 best table saws' and they range from 300 to 550. Each has a blade guard of some description, all of which look fairly cumbersome in the pictures... I could see them being removed. There's also an industrial riving knife one for 2300 bux, but it's of much higher quality. Now the question becomes, would you pay an extra $50 for a working safety system >before< the saw gotcha? We Americans tend toward the 'bargains' which is why we have the heathen chinee products here in the first place. Rob, would you of bought the safer more expensive if it had been offered? (Obviously now you probably would, but before you got nicked?)
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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